Stories by Jared Brey

Jared Brey is Next City's housing correspondent, based in Philadelphia. He is a former staff writer at Philadelphia magazine and PlanPhilly, and his work has appeared in Columbia Journalism Review, Landscape Architecture Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Philadelphia Weekly, and other publications.

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Can Urban Food Incubators Accelerate Adoption of Plant-Based Diets?

Resiliency Hubs Help Baltimore Plan for Climate Emergency in Vulnerable Neighborhoods

apartments

What I’ve Learned After Two Years on the Housing Beat

The John Hope Homes were bulit in Atlanta in 1940 as the first federally subsidized housing project specifically for Black residnets in the U.S., and was torn down in the year 2000 and replaced with a mixed-income housing complex.

How Atlanta’s Public Housing Created Space for Black Women to Organize

Demonstrators calling for lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass rent forgiveness and stronger eviction protections legislation, gather in front of the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.

Housing in Brief: Fell Behind on Your Rent During COVID? California’s Got You

Charleston City Hall

Charleston Will Pay People to Build Backyard Homes

Downtown Bakersfield, CA

What Does It Mean to End Homelessness?

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge

Housing in Brief: Obama-Era Fair Housing Rule to be Restored (Mostly)

A town hall meeting in 2018, where more than 100 New Yorkers demanded a better CityFHEPS voucher program.

Homeless New Yorkers Lead a Push for Better Rental Vouchers

Rowhomes in Washington, DC

Housing in Brief: D.C. Could Pay Landlords to Offer Affordable Housing

In Nashville, Using Loan Guarantees to Fund Affordable Housing Preservation

Housing in Brief: Baltimore Mayor Vetoes Security Deposit ‘Insurance’ Bill

Mayor Jim Kenney

In Philadelphia, the Fight to Fund Eviction Prevention Continues

Housing in Brief: Cities Leave Federal Homelessness Funds on the Table

Downtown Bakersfield, CA

How Bakersfield, California Ended Chronic Homelessness

Housing in Brief: D.C. Judge Vacates CDC Eviction Order

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